Summary Information

Title: African American Jazz Preservation Society of Pittsburgh Oral History Project Records and Recordings
Collection Number: AIS.1998.04
Creator: Afro-American Musical Association of Pittsburgh.

Collection Dates: 1995-1999
Extent: 72.0 cassette tapes (plus 4 mss boxes)

Language: English

Abstract:

This oral history collection consists of transcripts, cassette tapes, project working files and background organizational records of the interviews conducted during the African American Jazz Preservation Society of Pittsburgh (AAJPSP) Oral History Project (1995-1999). The project documents individual African American Jazz Musicians in Pittsburgh as well as their efforts to organize. The content of the interviews span from 1904 to 1999.